2024, Vol. 7, Special Issue 10

author(s)
Anjali N Madaswar, RP Kadam and Anuradha S Lad

abstract
The present study was conducted purposively in Nanded district of the Marathwada region of Maharashtra state during the year 2023-24, from one districts four tahsils were selected purposively on the basis of maximum number of beneficiaries working under MGNREGA scheme. With irrespective of villages list of beneficiaries of MGNREGA scheme was collected from official website of MGNREGA, ministry of rural development government of India. From these MGNREGA beneficiaries lists of 120 MGNREGA beneficiaries was selected randomly from selected four talukas of Nanded districts. For estimating profile of the beneficiaries of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.It was observed that majority (70.83%) of MGNREGA beneficiaries belonged to middle age group, (59.16%) of MGNREGA beneficiaries were Male, (30.00%) of MGNREGA beneficiaries educated upto primary school level, (45.00%) of MGNREGA beneficiaries belonged to lower caste, (47.50%) of MGNREGA beneficiaries belonged to marginal land holdings, (43.33%) of MGNREGA beneficiaries had agriculture as their Occupation, (41.66%) of MGNREGA beneficiaries got 91-100 employment days, (65.83%) of MGNREGA beneficiaries belonged to annual income, (61.66%) of MGNREGA beneficiaries belonged to nuclear type of family, (44.17%) of MGNREGA beneficiaries belonged to medium family size, (39.17%) of MGNREGA beneficiaries had medium social participation, (63.33%) of MGNREGA beneficiaries were using medium level source of information.